Just saved $80 a month by switching my phone plan to a prepaid one

I was paying $120 a month for a big carrier plan and barely using half the data. My buddy in Austin told me he switched to a prepaid plan with the same coverage for $40. I argued with him for weeks, then finally tried it last month. No contract, no hidden fees, and my service is exactly the same. My credit score didn't drop either, since I owned my phone outright. Anyone else make the jump to prepaid and see a big monthly savings?

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casey2689d ago

Oh man, $140 for just you? That's like paying for a fancy steak dinner every month and getting a soggy burger instead. I switched last year and my buddy basically had to drag me kicking and screaming into it. Now I'm paying $35 a month with Mint Mobile and the only difference I noticed is my bank account doesn't hate me anymore. Seriously though, prepaid doesn't check your credit at all - just need a phone that's unlocked and you're golden. Your trash credit won't even know what hit it.

andrew_baker99d agoMost Upvoted

Yeah man, your credit score doesn't matter one bit with prepaid. I was in the exact same boat as you. Had a $120 T-Mobile bill every month and thought I was stuck because I had some old collections dragging me down. Friend told me to try Visible, so I bought a $40 phone off eBay, popped the SIM in, and ported my number over in like 15 minutes. Kept everything the same, texts, calls, even my voicemails. Now I'm paying $25 and honestly I get better signal at my house than I ever did before. The big carriers love making people think prepaid is for broke teenagers or something, but it's literally the same towers.

alex8209d ago

Wait... you kept your same phone number and everything? Man I hate how much I'm paying right now. $140 a month with Verizon for just me and it feels like robbery every time the bill hits. But my credit is trash so I always figured I was stuck with the big guys. If prepaid doesn't check credit that's literally a game changer for me.